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A dark storefront or a dead parking lot light loses customers you never see. Chris picks up and gives you the price first.
Lighting, power and repairs for retail stores, strip malls and shopping plazas across South Jersey, from one storefront to a whole plaza. Licensed and insured, free estimate, price agreed before work starts.
- Licensed
- NJ #19320
- Insured
- Proof available on request
- 5.0 from 28 reviews
- Emergencies
- 24/7, he picks up
Get a commercial estimate
Tell him about the property. He answers his own phone.
- 5.0 rating on Google
- 28 five-star reviews
- NJ licensed #19320
- Insured
- Free estimates
- 24/7 emergency service
- Residential and commercial
- Based in West Berlin, NJ
What he does
Everything a storefront runs on, from the sign to the panel.
Storefront and interior lighting
Display, sales floor and window lighting so the store looks open and the product looks right.
Canopy and parking lot lighting
Pole lights, wall packs and canopy lights so the lot is lit and customers feel safe after dark.
Fit-outs between tenants
Rough-in and finish work when a space changes hands or the layout changes.
Outlets and circuits for a new layout
Power where the registers, displays and coolers actually go.
Panels and service upgrades
A panel sized for what the space runs now, labelled so the next tenant can read it.
Emergency repairs
The circuit that dies mid-day or the lights that will not come on, answered 24/7.
His work
His commercial work, photographed on the job.
Two new panels set side by side, LED lighting across a steel building, and one of four hundred apartment panels in Lindenwold.
Two new panels, set side by side
South Jersey
LED lighting across a steel building
South Jersey
An apartment panel opened up for the breaker swap
Lindenwold, NJ
Good to know
What New Jersey asks of retail, strip malls and storefronts, and what it means for the job.
- Emergency lighting duration and testing
- Battery-backed emergency lights and exit signs must hold illumination for 90 minutes on backup power, with a 30-second test required monthly and a full 90-minute load test required annually. Source
- Permits for new circuits
- N.J.A.C. 5:23-2.14 makes new or altered electrical installations permitted work, inspected before the space is used. Source
- LED retrofit incentive programs
- Atlantic City Electric offers prescriptive and custom incentive programs for commercial lighting and LED retrofits to businesses of any size in its South Jersey territory. Source
How a commercial job runs
He looks at the job first, and the price comes before the work.
01
He comes out and looks
The price comes from what is actually there, so the first step is a look at the panel, the space and what you want done. Anything that changes the scope, you hear about before the number.
02
One price, agreed first
The estimate is free, and the number is agreed before any work starts.
03
The permit goes in
New circuits, panels and wiring are permitted work in New Jersey, so the permit goes through the municipal construction office and the inspection closes it out.
04
Labelled and left clean
Every breaker he touches gets a clear description of what it feeds, so the next call starts with a panel anyone can read.
Before the work starts
Questions owners and managers ask.
Straight answers, read off the code and the state's own rules.
01Do I need a permit to change out lighting or add circuits in my storefront?
New Jersey treats swapping a receptacle, switch or light fixture for a like one as ordinary maintenance, which needs no permit. New circuits, a new panel or new wiring are permitted work, filed by a licensed electrical contractor and inspected before the space is used.
02What are my exit sign and emergency lighting obligations?
Under the life safety code, battery-backed emergency lights and exit signs must hold illumination for 90 minutes on backup power if the building loses electricity. They need a monthly 30-second functional test and a full 90-minute annual load test, both logged with the date and who tested them. A unit that doesn't hold the full 90 minutes on the annual test needs to be repaired or replaced.
03Is there help paying for LED lighting upgrades in my store or plaza?
Atlantic City Electric runs prescriptive and custom incentive programs for business lighting upgrades, including LED retrofits, open to businesses of any size in its South Jersey service area. PSE&G runs a similar direct-install program for small and midsize commercial accounts that covers lighting projects. Both work through approved contractors or an online application, and current incentive amounts and promotions change, so it's worth checking directly before budgeting a number.
04Does my electrical panel need to be labeled a specific way?
Yes. The National Electrical Code requires every breaker to be labeled with a clear, specific description of what it actually controls, not a vague word like 'lights' or 'outlets.' Labels also can't reference a tenant's name since tenants change; they have to describe the physical location or load instead. Unused breaker slots have to be marked 'spare' rather than left blank.
Other commercial work
He works on every kind of commercial property, from one storefront to a whole complex.
Licensed and insured, NJ #19320. If your building is not on this list, call anyway.
Apartment complexes
Turnovers between tenants and the same fix run through every unit, priced as one job.
Restaurants and bars
Dedicated circuits for the kitchen line and lighting for the dining room.
Gyms and fitness studios
Power for the equipment floor and bright, even lighting.
Offices and warehouses
LED high-bays across the ceiling, build-outs and power where the work happens.
Get the price first
Tell him about the property and he will tell you what it costs.
The estimate is free. It helps to have these ready:
- What kind of store or plaza, and how many units.
- What needs doing, as best you know it.
- A photo of the panel with the door open, or of the lights that are out.
- Whether the work has to happen around open hours.
- Who can let him in.
Get a commercial estimate
Free, and the price is agreed before work starts.